- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday April 12 2000 10.52 BST
'A victory of history over hate. Today's decision definitely places Irving where he belongs - not as a historian, but as a leading apologist for those who seek to whitewash the most heinous crime in human history'
Rabbi Marvin Hier, Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Los Angeles
'It is an epic victory for truth and justice. The Irving case shows the crucial importance of educating our young people in the tragedy of the Holocaust'
Lord Janner of Braunstone QC, chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust
'The decision proves that David Irving is a falsifier of history. Although the Holocaust itself was not an issue at the trial, we welcome the fact that attempts to manipulate the truth about the tragic events of that time have been shown to be baseless'
Eldred Tabachnik QC, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
'I don't think I've heard of a judgment or a judge speaking in such terms before - [Irving] is the most unattractive person that can have come in front of that particular judge'
Shadow attorney general Edward Garnier QC
'Our biggest fear was that the libel laws in Britain would help Irving win a moral victory. Thank God that's not the case'
Efraim Zuroff, Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Israel
'We travelled in cattle trucks in searing heat with the dead and injured for five days. When we arrived my mother was taken away and gassed and I never saw her again. My father also disappeared and I never found out what happened. I also lost nearly all of my friends. As you can imagine, I found Irving's views extremely insulting - those were the facts and facts cannot be denied'
Trude Levi, Auschwitz survivor
